text: MORE: Film review of Yves Saint Laurent. So, although Yves Saint Laurent was met with mixed reviews, everyone involved with the film can breathe easy that, ultimately, it had Bergeâs seal of approval. However, the second Yves Saint Laurent film has had much more controversy surrounding it. Set later in the designerâs life the film explores the designerâs penchant for casual sex and drugs, as well as his relationship with Jacques de Bascher, who died of AIDS in the early 1980s.